Bridging Communities in East Boston - 1 views
Glad to see that cities are still investing in libraries.
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Communities come together for little girl who survived accident that killed her family - 1 views
This article is about a family that was in a car accident and only one 7 year old girl survived and the community came together to help this little girl.
PACT (Partners Advancing Communities Together) - 2 views
An initiative in Boston started in 2010 to reduce the amount of violence in the city. Multiple organizations and committees have come together in this joint initiative. This is a prime example of...
Education reform through community action - 0 views
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/political-bookworm/post/education-reform-through-community-action/2011/11/29/gIQApxcf9N_blog.html I really liked this article because I felt it continued on the...
Bringing people together with sports - 1 views
http://newsdesk.gmu.edu/2012/04/mason-brings-global-communities-together-through-sports-visitors-program/ I picked this because it shows another way of bringing a community together. It shows how ...
The web is bringing society together, not tearing it apart - 1 views
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/douglascarswellmp/100249159/the-web-is-bringing-society-together-not-tearing-it-apart/ The Internet will always be a debate topic does it bring people together, ...
When people get together, things happen": Transition Streets hits Australia! - 2 views
It started with one person, one street, no has alot of supporters, he gave out a workbook, basically what they are advocating for and the small groups went out and creted their own small groups and...
Session 5 - 1 views
This week I decided to mention "Pro Bono" day in NYC. From their site: "After a successful inaugural year, Pro Bono Day NYC is back with an expanded program including free panels, workshops, an...
Library Supports Community - 0 views
Men Make a Pledge to Reject Violence to Resolving Conflict - 0 views
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Chrissie Valencia on 17 Feb 14This story is very inspiring. A rash of violence in the city of Boston prompts many parents to come together. Women wrote out the pledge and men promised to promote healthy relationships and conflict resolution in order to set a good example.
Libraries in the Community - 1 views
This article confirmed the information in Chapter 2, Branch Libraries, of Better Together, but because of it's statistical presentation the issue of how community building is done through libraries...
Example of Civic Engagement - "Muslim Youth Peace Rally" - 0 views
One example of civic engagement which i found interesting was the Muslim Youth Peace Rally, where 20 members of "Muslims for Peace" rallied together at the Boston common in order to try to make a d...
Example of Civic Engagement - 1 views
LINK: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/dorchester/2013/08/hold_in_dorchester_a_slaying_youth_is_remembered_through_art.html This week I chose an article that reminded me of this weeks readings...
Civic Enagagement in the Community - 1 views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xjv5nUGDos This video is an example of civic engagment in communities. The video shows a youthgroup who got together in an effort to clean up boston, the "Boston S...
Be The Change - 0 views
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSJsEVf0pU&list=PL249044E5048B9B66 Civic engagement isn't always going out into the neighborhoods and hanging flyers but sometimes its using your skill and or talen...
Gathering youth to face serious issues head on! - 0 views
LINK: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/dorchester/2013/11/hold_grand_opening_of_teen_empowerments_b4_studios_set_for_t.html http://www.teenempowerment.org/programs.html Teen Empowerment is ...
Libraries Will Survive - 0 views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8QjjKrEK7Y The link i find for this weeks topic was a clip i found on libraries. Its a funny video seeing how its a remix of the famous song "i will survive". Th...
Community Activism - 1 views
Throughout this week's readings, a constant theme which prevailed was the importance of working together in a group to strive for change in the community. Well in similarities to working together i...
Presents on a Bus! The Gift that keeps on moving! - 1 views
LINK: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2012/12/10/mbta-fill-a-bus-program-south-station/ This is a program where people in the community fill a 40FT bus with gifts for children and teens. The gifts w...
Dance 4 peace - 0 views
I really like the Better Together reading using art to get a message out it is creative and I think touches people. I found this article/blog it is from 2011 but I also added a link to what the org...